Best songs of the century?

Question

I'm working on a project and I need the best songs from the past century. I need as many song suggestions as I can get. Please no commets like "Green Day?? this sucks" or "yea it's pretty good" I need song suggestions!!

1900-Swipesy Cakewalk (Scott Joplin)
1901-The Easy Winners (Scott Joplin)
1902-The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
1903-Weeping Willow (Scott Joplin)
1904-The Yankee Doodle Boy (George M. Cohan)
1905-Leola (Scott Joplin)
1906-The Ragtime Dance (Scott Joplin)
1907-Gladiolus Rag (Scott Joplin)
1908-Pineapple Rag (Scott Joplin)
1909-Sunburt Rag (James Scott)
1910-Hilarity Rag (James Scott)
1911-Alexander's Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
1912-It's a Long Way to Tipperary (Jack Judge & Harry H. Williams)
1913-Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy)
1914-Twelfth Street Rag (Euday L. Bowman)
1915-Original Jelly Roll Blues (Jelly Roll Morton)
1916-Carol of the Bells (Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych)
1917-Gesu Bambino (Pietro Yon)
1918-Carolina Shout (James Price Johnson)
1919-Bluin The Blues (Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band)
1920-Crazy Blues (Mamie Smith)
1921-Kitten on the Keys (Zez Confrey)
1922-Titina (Leo Daniderff)
1923-The Charleston (James Price Johnson)
1924-Rhaspsody In Blue (George Gershwin)
1925-Snowy Morning Blues (James Price Johnson)
1926-King Porter Stomp (Jelly Roll Morton)
1927-Back Water Blues (Bessie Smith)
1928-Basin Street Blues (Louis Armstrong)
1929-A Handful of Keys (Fats Waller)
1930-Puttin on the Ritz (Harry Richman)
1931-Minnie The Moocher (Cab Calloway)
1932-Elegy (Art Tatum)
1933-Handful of Keys (Fats Waller)
1934-Fantasia on Greensleeves (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
1935-Honky Tonk Train Blues (Meade Lux Lewis)
1936-Cross Road Blues (Robert Johnson)
1937-Sing Sing Sing With a Swing (Benny Goodman)
1938-Roll 'Em Pete (Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson)
1939-Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday)
1940-In The Mood (Glenn Miller)
1941-Take The A Train (Duke Ellington)
1942-Hoedown from Rodeo (Aaron Copland)
1943-Boogie Woogie (Tommy Dorsey)
1944-Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Leadbelly)
1945-Driftin Blues (Charles Brown)
1946-The Christmas Song (Nat King Cole)
1947-Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Frank Sinatra)
1948-Move On Up a Little Higher (Mahalia Jackson)
1949-The Fat Man (Fats Domino)
1950-Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page)
1951-Dust My Broom (Elmore James)
1952-Night Train (Jimmy Forrest)
1953-Mess Around (Ray Charles)
1954-Rock Around the Clock (Bill Haley and the Comets)
1955-Tutti Frutti (Little Richard)
1956-Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley)
1957-Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
1958-Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry)
1959-What'd I Say (Ray Charles)
1960-Beyond The Sea (Bobby Darin)
1961-Crazy (Patsy Cline)
1962-Green Onions (Booker T & The MG's)
1963-I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)
1964-The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
1965-Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (James Brown)
1966-California Dreamin' (The Mamas and The Papas)
1967-Respect (Aretha Franklin)
1968-Hey Jude (The Beatles)
1969-Fortunate Son (Creedence Cleerwater Revival)
1970-Spirit In The Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
1971-Imagine (John Lennon)
1972-Papa Was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations)
1973-Dream On (Aerosmith)
1974-Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1975-Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
1976-Turn the Page-live version (Bob Seger)
1977-Hotel California (The Eagles)
1978-Stayin' Alive (The Bee Gees)
1979-Hot Stuff (Donna Summers)
1980-Back in Black (ACDC)
1981-In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)
1982-I Love Rock n Roll (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)
1983-Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
1984-Forever Young (Alphaville)
1985-The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News)
1986-Like A Rock (Bob Seger)
1987-Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N Roses)
1988-Kokomo (The Beach Boys)
1989-Poison (Alice Cooper)
1990-Twice As Hard (The Black Crowes)
1991-Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
1992-Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton)
1993-Creep (Radiohead)
1994-Loser (Beck)
1995-No More Tears (Ozzy Ozbourne)
1996-Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman)
1997-Haven't found one yet. It all sucks.
1998-I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Aerosmith)
1999-Smooth (Santana)
2000-It's My Life (Bon Jovi)
2001-In The End (Linkin Park)
2002-A Little Less Conversation (JXL featuring Elvis Presley)
2003-Are You Gonna Be My Girl (JET)
2004-Maybe I'm Amazed (Jem)
2005-Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
2006-Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
2007-Back to Black (Amy Winehouse)

Answer 1

1978 - Because the night (Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen)

Answer 2

In this order 1. Take Me Out 2. Knights Of Cyndonia 3. Seven Nation Army 4. Time To Pretend 5. Clocks 6. Everything In It's Right Place 7. Rebellion 8. Stan 9. Maps 10. Crazy BQ: Being the Modest Mouse fan i am, probably "Spitting Venom" off We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. BQ2: Vanilla

Answer 3

Suggestions for consideration--

2007: Paper Planes (M.I.A.), Radio Nowhere (Bruce Springsteen), Grace Kelly (Mika) Ruby (Kaiser Chiefs), Stronger (Kanye West), Umbrella (Rihanna)



2006: When You Were Young, or anything else from Sam's Town (The Killers), Dani California or Snow (Hey Oh) (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol), Welcome To The Black Parade (My Chemical Romance), Rehab (Amy Winehouse), Starlight, Knights of Cydonia, or Supermassive Black Hole (Muse), Through The Fire and Flames (DragonForce)



2005: The Hand That Feeds (Nine Inch Nails), What If, Talk, Fix You, Speed of Sound, or Swallowed in the Sea (Coldplay), I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab for Cutie), Joker & the Thief or Dimension (Wolfmother) (Also, Boulevard of Broken Dreams was released in 2004)



2004: Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand), Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Holiday, or American Idiot (Green Day), Vertigo or City of Blinding Lights (U2)



That's all I have time to go through right now, but I'll leave you with some 1997 suggestions...

If God Will Send His Angels, or If You Wear That Velvet Dress (U2), Exit Music (For A Film), Paranoid Android, or Karma Police (Radiohead), Tubthumping (Chumbawumba), Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (Green Day), or, my pick, Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)

Answer 4

Where's Creed? Plus The Rolling Stones & Led Zeppelin?

Answer 5

No Bob Dylan? *gasps* lol



1963-Blowin in the Wind by Bob Dylan



1965-Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan

or My Generation by The Who

or I Got You Babe by Sonny and Cher



1966-Paint it Black by Rolling Stones



1967-White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane (defined and started the psychedelic era)

or Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix



1969-Pinball Wizard by The Who

or Give Peace a Chance by John Lennon

or Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills and Nash



1968-Sunshine of Your Love by Cream

or White Room by Cream



1971-Baba O'Riley by The Who

or Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin



1970-Teach Your Children by Crosby Stills Nash and Young (song is referred to as anthem of the counterculture)

1972-Old Man by Neil Young or Heart of Gold by Neil Young

1974-Candle in The Wind by Elton John

1982-Hungry like A Wolf by Duran Duran

1986-Take my Breath Away by Berlin (Love song in Top Gun)

1987-With or Without You by U2

1989-If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher

1992-I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston

1998-Believe by Cher

Answer 6

nice list.. Eric Clapton- Layla ... very epic song



Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin

Highway to Hell- AC/DC

Kashmir- Led Zeppelin

Help!- The Beatles

Bad- Michael Jackson



1997:Exit Music(For A Film) by Radiohead

Answer 7

Beatles - A Days in the Life and Clapton's - Layla

Answer 8

1988-koko whatever it is. What happened to Metallicas and justice for all album. Yeah, only the best selling rock band ever with the song called "one" in it. Your trippin on the song line-up man. Your gonna fail the project.

Answer 9

respect for throwing in some Black Crowes, One of the best bands of the last 25 years, hands down. True rock n' roll thru and thru

Answer 10

1982 - Iron Maiden - The Number of The Beast/Run To The Hills

Answer 11

I would only agree with a few of your selections from 1973 onwards!

Answer 12

1969 "Don't let me down" By The Beatles. Such an amazing powerful, raw song.

Answer 13

You forgot Welcome to the Jungle, Chattanooga Choochoo, Moonlight Serenade, Don't Go Sitting Under The Apple Tree (Andrew's Sisters)

Answer 14

Tokio Hotel:

2007-An Deiner Seite (Ich Bin Da)

2007-Vergessene Kinder

2006-Ich Bin nicht Ich

2007-Spring Nicht

2007-1000 Meere

2007-Heilig



Coldplay:

?-Viva La Vida

?-Violet Hill



you didn't say they had to be in english, except for Ich Bin Nicht Ich, all of them have english versions, but I tend to like the german better, you should at least listen to one of them, they are a great band, but not so known in the US yet. Vergessene Kinder An Deiner Seite (Ich Bin Da), and Heilig, are slower softer songs, but the other three are more rock songs...

Answer 15

where's the smashing pumpkins man?!



imagine, billie jean, and bohemian rhapsody for sure!!!

Answer 16

im not sure when it came out but jimi hendrixes version of all along the watchtower

Answer 17

ths for the list

Answer 18

wtf? komomo? yeah right.